Monday, February 23, 2015

This week was another long, hot week. Monday it cooled down and we all got excited because we thought that summer was ending but after Monday, it was hotter than it had ever been before. Alright enough complaining.

Once again very few people were in there houses when they told us to come by. The others were in their houses but they pretended not to be there as we could see them sitting on their couch through their window. But we kept going. And going and going until it seemed ridiculous to keep doing what we were doing but we knew we had to keep going and every once in a while there would be a small deciding moment. Something that would have been very easy to miss. Something that wouldn't have happened if we didn't keep going. But because we tried our best we were able to find people exactly at the moment necessary to help them.

And even though my entire body hurt at the end of the week, for some reason it was worth those small 20 minute deciding moments.

Long story short, we have two people who told us that they want to get baptized in a couple weeks. And they are both awesome people and very fun to work with.

Monday, February 16, 2015

It started out pretty good. Actually it started out really good. We found some people that we had lost contact with because of vacations, work, etc. and had some cool experiences with them. Actually, to be more specific, we were teaching María José who was pretty cool but she wasn´t really into it. So we left her the challenge to read the book of mormon from the beginning and we left her the promise that she WILL start growing a testimony if she does it right. So she did it, and after two weeks without talking to her we found her in her house and she told us she wants to get baptized. The Book of Mormon does it again. But seriously, it is one powerful book.

A similar situation happened the next day, he had lost his book of mormon but even though his family was on vacations up north, he went alone to church for the first time. He also wants to get baptized.

Long story short, the church is true.

Unfortunately, on friday in the morning I came down with a fever and the weirdest bowl behavior and was bed stricken for till sunday morning. I'm fine now but it was a weird weekend.

It started out pretty good. Actually it started out really good. We found some people that we had lost contact with because of vacations, work, etc. and had some cool experiences with them. Actually, to be more specific, we were teaching María José who was pretty cool but she wasn´t really into it. So we left her the challenge to read the book of mormon from the beginning and we left her the promise that she WILL start growing a testimony if she does it right. So she did it, and after two weeks without talking to her we found her in her house and she told us she wants to get baptized. The Book of Mormon does it again. But seriously, it is one powerful book.

A similar situation happened the next day, he had lost his book of mormon but even though his family was on vacations up north, he went alone to church for the first time. He also wants to get baptized.

Long story short, the church is true.

Unfortunately, on friday in the morning I came down with a fever and the weirdest bowl behavior and was bed stricken for till sunday morning. I'm fine now but it was a weird weekend.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Good news: I got accepted to BYU Hawaii. I haven't decided yet but if I don't get into Provo, I am probably going to Hawaii.

Anyways, this week was hard. It was probably the hardest I have ever worked at something in my life. We did all that we can but nothing was turning out. We were talking with everyone, planning better than ever but NO ONE was in there house. This week we got the address and phone number of more than 70 people and when we planned an appointment no one showed up. Our days were full of at least like 10 appointments and they all fell. I think I might still be getting used to being out here again.

On saturday we started a fast to be able to have someone progress and all of a sudden, almost half of the appointments were there! Baby steps!

For pday we are just getting things clean and organized. President will be visiting all of the houses next month so we are going to get everything organized. That's about everything for the week.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Once again I have the curse of using a Cyber cafe computer which are slower than ever. Long story short I have very little time to write.

Los Angeles is awesome. It is so hot. Like over 100 degrees sometimes. My new companion is Elder Galbreath from Moses lake, Washington. He likes farming, soil testing, tractors, and working hard. And that is exactly what we have been doing. This week we were able to set up baptismal dates with 6 people and we are not stopping there.

I want to emphasize how hot it is here.

Our ward is giant and very helpful. There are plenty of members willing to just walk around with us as we find and teach new people. It helps a ton.

I have never been as exhausted as I have been every night this week. The only thing that saves me are frozen grapes and the book "Jesus the Christ." I suggest reading and eating those things.